Most artists aren’t truly appreciated until they pass on. Their work seems to rise in value, they are viewed as genius and their legend seems to grow with each passing year. When Kendrick Perkins was in Boston, he was just another center. A goon who was awkward on offense and was known for nothing more [...]
Archive for April, 2011
NCAAB Coaching Carousel
2011 Key Coaching Changes by Gus Elvin The 2010-2011 NCAA Basketball season is officially behind us but for college basketball junkies like myself it is never to early to start looking forward to next season. In my last article I took a stab at a preseason Top 25, which will likely look a lot different [...]
The Top Ten, A Look Ahead, and Topics That Trend
The Top TenWith each team playing at least 20 games (except for the Yankees who are stuck at 18 due to rainouts) it’s time TSHQ gave you a look at the top dogs in the league up to this point. Sure, it’s early, but these games are just as important as the ones in September [...]
The Future of American Tennis Could Be Oh-So-Sweet
American tennis has been waiting for years for the next great star to arise. Ever since the decline and retirement of Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi, American fans have been eagerly awaiting someone to return American tennis to its traditional position among the tennis elite. Andy Roddick has been the mainstay for the last ten [...]
MLB Extending Playoffs?
Outsiders consider baseball to be a slow, unexciting sport. Even fans of the game complain that the season seems to lag on come October, and playing close to November is too much as is. Commissioner Bud Selig has announced that the introduction of a fifth team in each league into the playoffs is inevitable and [...]
NFL Schedule Breakdown: Weeks 1-8
Wow, Christmas has come early this year for football fans. Well actually Christmas for NFL fans comes about this time every year, but it is especially sweet this year because it gives us a distraction from all the talk of there being no football. Look what I have done; now I have lost all my [...]
In This Lockout… I Blame the Players
By James Caughlin The NFL lockout is now in its second month and fans are rightfully beginning to hit the stage where they simply stop caring. Mike Florio from Pro Football Talk said that his site is experiencing a massive downturn in traffic related to the draft. Whether that has to do with the fact [...]
CFB’s 2011 Dirty Dozen Preview Part 1: Ten Teams on The Rise
Its 136 days until the College Football season kicks off, but its never to early to start looking forward to what should be, as always, another terrific college football season. Last year saw Auburn come from the depths of nowhere to win the BCS National Championship game, led by the dominance of transfer QB Cam [...]
Barry Bonds: Ampersands and Asterisks
14* All Star Game selections. 12* Silver Sluggers. 8* Gold Gloves. 7*-time Most Valuable Player. A record 762* career home runs. A record 73* home runs in a single season. His seven MVP’s are four more than anyone else in history had ever claimed. A career .298* batting average with 2,935* hits, 1,996* runs batted [...]
Arsenal v Liverpool: 12 Minutes of Extra Time
What a wild game. I have never seen anything like it, and if you watched Liverpool at Arsenal this Sunday, than you could probably agree with me. There have been hundreds of one to one draws in the history of this game, but we probably won’t see and ending like that again. There was [...]
